After Masarat Alam, Mufti to release another separatist leader

March 09, 2015 08:04

It seems the Bharatiya Janata Party is in for more trouble after its ally in Jammu-Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party, is now securing the release Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, a separatist leader, who has been lodged in in Srinagar jail for the past 22 years.

Faktoo, is a top-ranking former commander of the Islamist outfit Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen. He has been serving life imprisonment for his alleged involvement in the murder of human rights activist HN Wanchoo.

The release of hardline separatist leader Masrat Alam has already put the BJP in a helpless position, with the party claiming that it was not taken into confidence while taking decision.

Security agencies have stated concerns that release of separatists like Alam and Faktoo will vitiate the atmosphere of valley causing more terrorism.

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